Cannock Chase (district)

Cannock Chase District
Shown within Staffordshire
Geography
Status:	District
Region:	West Midlands
Admin. County:	Staffordshire
Area: - Total	Ranked 269th 78.88 km²
Admin. HQ:	Cannock
ONS code:	41UB
Demographics
Population: - Total (2002 est.) - Density	Ranked 238th 93,274 1,182 / km²
Ethnicity:	98.6% White
Politics
Cannock Chase District Council http://www.cannockchasedc.gov.uk/
Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
Executive:	Liberal Democrats + Conservative
MP:	Tony Wright

Cannock Chase is a local government district in England. It covers part of Cannock Chase forest and the towns of Cannock, Rugeley and Hednesford

There are several parish and town councils in the district:

• Rugeley (town)
• Hednesford (town)
• Brereton and Ravenhill
• Bridgtown
• Brindley Heath
• Cannock Wood
• Heath Hayes and Wimblebury
• Norton Canes

Cannock, which covers around 1/3 of the population, is unparished.

The district, together with the adjacent village of Huntington, forms a parliamentary constituency. As of the UK general election, 2001, the Member of Parliament is Dr. Tony Wright.

The district was formed on April 1, 1974 by the merger of Cannock and Rugeley urban districts, and Brindley Heath from Lichfield Rural District.

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Districts of England - West Midlands
Birmingham | Bridgnorth | Bromsgrove | Cannock Chase | Coventry | Dudley | East Staffordshire | Herefordshire | Lichfield | Malvern Hills | Newcastle-under-Lyme | North Shropshire | North Warwickshire | Nuneaton and Bedworth | Oswestry | Redditch | Rugby | Sandwell | Shrewsbury and Atcham | Solihull | South Shropshire | South Staffordshire | Stafford | Staffordshire Moorlands | Stoke-on-Trent | Stratford-on-Avon | Tamworth | Telford and Wrekin | Warwick | Walsall | Wolverhampton | Worcester | Wychavon | Wyre Forest
Administrative Counties with multiple districts: Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, West Midlands, Worcestershire